DNR Scoping for Talon Mine begins
August 6th, 2026
Last night was the first of two DNR meetings for Scoping of environmental review for the Talon Mine. Do the background work and send in a comment.
Comments must be received by 4:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.
The online option for comments is HERE. You can attach documents to the comment form.
We had a good turnout. The process is concerning. DNR takes the list of those who’ve signed up for comments and randomly selects people to comment. WHAT?!?! They also stationed a court reporter to take comments in a separate area, privately, so we don’t know what people are saying, their concerns, and we can’t learn from those other folks.
The parking lot was FULL, so parked on the grass, and went in to the building. A big bunch of union folks dressed up on bright blue shirts were having a confab on the other side of the building. When they came in, they sprinkled the auditorium, strategically placed, not all in a clump. The crowd in the hall, signing in and talking to different DNR folks at different tables with different areas to cover.
Just after Joanne and I got in line (she owns property pretty much on top of the mine!), Paula Maccabee came by. She’s been on mining for a while, like ? a decade, maybe more?? She was the greeter, keeping on eye on everything, and handing out bandanas, the yellow stood out well in the auditorium, far outweighed the union bright blue:
And then I turned around to check out how many were in line, and right behind me is Don Arnosti! Here’s the Comment he filed with them. His basic premise makes so much sense. How can legitimate environmental review be completed when there is NO PLAN? That’s just bizarre. READ THIS:
This is supposed to be a cross section of what’s underground, but frankly, I think it’s a MRI of a couple of a cow’s stomachs, and here’s the description, note the “massive” aspects, at the DNR’s page: https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/input/environmentalreview/tamarack-nickel/2026-07-07-tal-scoping-eaw-figures.pdf
And about those “discrete sulfide blebs,” guess there’s some edumacation to do! Get to it:
